History Creator / SireRecords

However, Sire's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1976. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977 with Warner purchasing the label outright a year later, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and later AlternativeRock. Their roster came to includeg Music/TalkingHeads, Music/ThePretenders, Music/TheSmiths, Music/TheReplacements and Music/{{Ministry}}, and a a licensing deal with Creator/MuteRecords gave them rights to AlternativeDance stars Music/DepecheMode, Music/{{Yazoo}} and Music/{{Erasure}} (all three of whom were co-founded by songwriter Vince Clarke) in the US and Canada. However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT -- or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

However, Sire's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1976. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977 with Warner purchasing the label outright a year later, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and later AlternativeRock, with a roster including Music/TalkingHeads, Music/ThePretenders, Music/TheSmiths, Music/TheReplacements and Music/{{Ministry}}, not to mention distributing Creator/MuteRecords AlternativeDance stars Music/DepecheMode, Music/{{Yazoo}} and Music/{{Erasure}} (all three of whom were co-founded by songwriter Vince Clarke) in the US and Canada. However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT -- or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

However, Sire's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1976. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and later AlternativeRock, with a roster including Music/TalkingHeads, Music/ThePretenders, Music/TheSmiths, Music/TheReplacements and Music/{{Ministry}}, not to mention distributing Creator/MuteRecords AlternativeDance stars Music/DepecheMode, Music/{{Yazoo}} and Music/{{Erasure}} (all three of whom were co-founded by songwriter Vince Clarke) in the US and Canada. However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT -- or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

However, Sire's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1976. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and later AlternativeRock, with a roster including Music/TalkingHeads, Music/ThePretenders, Music/TheSmiths, Music/TheReplacements and Music/{{Ministry}}, not to mention distributing Creator/MuteRecords AlternativeDance stars Music/DepecheMode, Music/{{Yazoo}} and Music/{{Erasure}} (all three of whom were co-founded by songwriter Vince Clarke). However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT -- or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

However, Sire's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1976. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and later AlternativeRock, with a roster including Music/TalkingHeads, Music/ThePretenders, Music/TheSmiths, Music/TheReplacements and Music/{{Ministry}}. However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT -- or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

Founded in 1966 by Seymour Stein (who still runs the company) and RecordProducer Richard Gottehrer, Sire originally specialized in British and European PsychedelicRock and ProgressiveRock bands who'd been passed over by other American record companies. However, the label's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1976. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and later AlternativeRock. However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT -- or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

* Music/FleetwoodMac*

* Music/ThePrettyThings*

* Music/PattiSmith

Founded in 1966 by Seymour Stein (who still runs the company) and RecordProducer Richard Gottehrer, Sire originally specialized in British and European PsychedelicRock and ProgressiveRock bands who'd been passed over by other American record companies. However, the label's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1975. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and later AlternativeRock. However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT -- or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

Founded in 1966 by Seymour Stein (who still runs the company) and RecordProducer Richard Gottehrer, Sire originally specialized in British and European PsychedelicRock and ProgressiveRock bands who'd been passed over by other American record companies. However, the label's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1975. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and later AlternativeRock. However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT--or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

* Music/TalkingHeads*[[note]]International distribution of their first five albums and initial live album was handled by Sire themselves, but the band shifted over to EMI in 1984; EMI would distribute the band's later material and the 2005 remasters outside of the US and Canada until their dissolution in 2012, after which the band's catalog would shift back to Sire for international territories.[[/note]]

* Music/TalkingHeads

* Music/{{Pretenders}}*

* Music/SimpleMinds [[note]]Canada only[[/note]]

Founded in 1966 by Seymour Stein (who still runs the company) and RecordProducer Richard Gottehrer, Sire originally specialized in British and European PsychedelicRock and ProgressiveRock bands who'd been passed over by other American record companies. However, the label's focus started to change when they signed Music/TheRamones in 1975. By the time Sire got a distribution deal with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords in 1977, they'd switched their emphasis to PunkRock, NewWaveMusic and related genres. However, this didn't stop them from signing non-punkers like rapper Music/IceT--or Music/{{Madonna}}, who soon became Sire's most successful act.

* Music/{{Ride}}*

* Music/{{Erasure}}*

* Music/SilversunPickups [[note]]Europe only[[/note]]

* Music/{{Yazoo}}*

* Music/DepecheMode*

* Music/DinosaurJr*

* Music/MyChemicalRomance

* Music/ThrowingMuses*

* Music/BarenakedLadies

* Music/{{Mastodon}}

Sire Records, a subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, is one of the music industry's leading AlternativeRock labels.

* Music/TheApplesInStereo
* Music/TheAssociates*

* Music/TalkingHeads*

* Music/TalkingHeads

** ''Music/SovietKitsch'' (2004)

* Music/{{Belly}}